Education system with voice recognition using internet

Abstract

An education system using Internet which can improve learning effects by connecting an interactive toy appropriately responding according to information content to the Internet, and an interactive toy therefor. The toy includes a computer interface for communication with a computer in accordance with a predetermined protocol, a communication controller for interpreting data supplied from an Internet service site via the computer to output predetermined control signals, a toy speaker for outputting sound signal supplied from the computer, and a speaker selector for outputting the sound signal to either the toy speaker or the computer speaker, or both the toy speaker and the computer speaker in accordance with a speaker selection signal among the control signals output from the communication controller. Therefore, the computer, the user and the toy can interactively enhance the learning effects.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . An Internet service system comprising; 
 an Internet service site for providing predetermined services through the Internet and transceiving sound element and control data for a toy;    an Internet connecting means for connecting with the Internet service site; and    at least one interactive toy, connected with the Internet connecting means, moving in accordance with the control data supplied from the Internet service site and providing sound in accordance with the sound element data, whereby the toy moves or produces sound in accordance with the sound element and control data provided by the Internet service site.    
     
     
         2 . The Internet service system according to    claim 1   , wherein the Internet connecting means and the interactive toy are connected by wire.  
     
     
         3 . The Internet service system according to    claim 2   , wherein the Internet connecting means is a computer and an interface port for the interactive toy is one of a MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) port, a RS (Recommended Standard)-232C port, a USB (Universal Serial Bus) port and a parallel port.  
     
     
         4 . In a service system using the Internet, an interactive toy comprising: 
 a computer interface for communication with a computer in accordance with a predetermined protocol;    a communication controlling means for interpreting data supplied from an Internet service site via the computer to output predetermined control signals;    a speaker; and    a decoder for decoding sound data among the data interpreted in the communication controlling means in accordance with a decoding control signal among the control signals output from the communication controlling means, converting the decoded sound data to an analog signal and outputting the converted signal to the speaker.    
     
     
         5 . The interactive toy according to    claim 4   , further comprising at least one sensor for sensing user's manipulation and supplying a detection signal to the communication controlling means to form data corresponding to the user's manipulation.  
     
     
         6 . The interactive toy according to    claim 5   , further comprising: 
 at least one actuator for causing the toy to move; and    an actuator driving means for driving the corresponding actuator in accordance with a movement command signal among the control signals output from the communication controlling means.    
     
     
         7 . The interactive toy according to    claim 6   , further comprising a voice recognition unit for recognizing user's voice and outputting the recognition result to the communication controlling means, whereby allowing the toy to respond according to the user's voice.  
     
     
         8 . The interactive toy according to    claim 4   , configured to use a power source of the computer provided through the computer interface.  
     
     
         9 . The interactive toy according to    claim 4   , configured to use either a power source of the computer provided through the computer interface or an embedded battery.  
     
     
         10 . The interactive toy according to    claim 4   , configured to display the notifying or alerting the status of a computer in accordance with the data supplied from the computer and to produce voice.  
     
     
         11 . In a service system using the Internet, an interactive toy comprising: 
 a computer interface for communication with a computer in accordance with a predetermined protocol;    a communication controlling means for interpreting data supplied from an Internet service site via the computer to output predetermined control signals; and    a toy speaker for outputting sound signal supplied from the computer.    
     
     
         12 . The interactive toy according to    claim 11   , further comprising a speaker selector for outputting the sound signal to either the toy speaker or the computer speaker, or both the toy speaker and the computer speaker in accordance with a speaker selection signal among the control signals output from the communication controlling means.  
     
     
         13 . The interactive toy according to    claim 12   , further comprising a light emitting diode (LED) driver for driving at least one LED in accordance with an LED driving command signal among the control signals output from the communication controlling means.  
     
     
         14 . The interactive toy according to    claim 13   , further comprising at least one sensor for sensing user's manipulation and supplying a detection signal to the communication controlling means to form data corresponding to the user's manipulation.  
     
     
         15 . The interactive toy according to    claim 14   , further comprising: 
 at least one actuator for causing the toy to move; and    an actuator driving means for driving the corresponding actuator in accordance with a movement command signal among the control signals output from the communication controlling means.    
     
     
         16 . The interactive toy according to    claim 15   , further comprising a voice recognition unit for recognizing user's voice and outputting the recognition result to the communication controlling means, whereby allowing the toy to respond according to the user's voice.  
     
     
         17 . The interactive toy according to    claim 11   , configured to use a power source of the computer provided through the computer interface.  
     
     
         18 . The interactive toy according to    claim 11   , configured to use either a power source of the computer provided through the computer interface or an embedded battery.  
     
     
         19 . The interactive toy according to    claim 11   , configured to display the notifying or alerting the status of a computer in accordance with the data supplied from the computer and to produce voice.